The Eastern - Cancelled

As firm friends and favourites of Tasman audiences for over 15 years of late nights, wild shows, heart lifting moments, rooves raised, floors cracked, and a record for Marchfest appearances, perennial roots band The Eastern make a surprise, for no other reason than they can, pop up appearance at Mapua’s The Playhouse this Feb.
Known as a favourite stop on Eastern front man Adam McGrath’s solo tour circuit this however will be the first Eastern show at the playhouse in nearly ten years.
The pumps are primed, the pizza’s on, the kegs are ready and the tops of the on the mid, bottom and top shelves have been thrown away.
Music from 8pm but book in for dinner pre-show or just bowl up if there is any space, phone bookings taken and presale tix at undertheradar.co.nz
The band are ready to rumble, happy and proud to follow all covid protocols and promise no shirt will be left unsweated through and no guitar will remain without breaking at least seven strings.

The Eastern
The Eastern are a string band that roars like a punk band, that swings like a gospel band, that drinks like a country band, that works like a bar band, that hopes like folk singers, and sings love songs like union songs, and writes union songs like love songs, and wants to slow dance and stand on tables, all at the same time. Four albums and well over 1000 shows deep The Eastern have played and toured with Fleetwood Mac, Steve Earle and Old Crow Medicine Show amongst others, ticking off miles, countries and 200 plus shows a year every year.
‘No Depression’ magazine noted they were “One of the best modern roots acts, from any country”. Both Radio NZ and the NZ Herald described them as “National Treasures” and The Heralds Graham Reid called singer Adam McGrath “NZ’s toughest minded songwriter”. NZ country legend Barry Saunders simply called them “The Truth.”